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Members of the Bee Happy group, a non-profit, faith-based ministry with a range of programs to empower, support and break barriers for individuals with special needs, joined members of the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office on April 27 for a fun evening to play a game of left, right, center.

Kaufman City Council members approved a site plan for a Charley’s Restaurant during their regular meeting on Monday, April 27. Charley’s Restaurant chain specializes in Philly cheesesteak sandwiches and seems as though they are heading to downtown Kaufman.

Kaufman seniors inducted into National Honor Society

Forney ISD Chief of Communications Kristin Zastoupil issued a press release May 4 regarding allegations of misconduct involving a Forney ISD teacher which read as follows: “While there is currently a multi-agency investigation underway, we have now been cleared to share the following information,” said Zastoupil.

The Crandall City Council provided updates during their regular city council meeting on Monday, April 20. Council began by discussing a possible movie night for citizens and a farmer’s market event.

May 9-June 27: Kaufman Poor Farm Spring Market will be held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. The Spring Market takes place from 9 a.m.

During its 99th annual convention held April 9-11 in Pilot Point, the North and East Texas Press Association (NETPA) recognized Van Zandt Newspapers L.L.C. with a number of awards.

KAUFMAN- Kaufman County Commissioners' Court voted April 28 to approve an application for state aid to repair the dam at Cedar Creek Site 60, better known as Kaufman City Lake. Owen Cantrell, a district technician with the Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rockwall Soil and Water Conservation District, said the conservation district applied for a federally funded rehabilitation project in June 2024, which the commissioners' court signed off on, he added.

Crandall ISD took a historic step forward on April 20, breaking ground on the district’s seventh elementary school: Danny R. Baker Elementary.

The City of Kaufman announced their plans for the Annual Red, White and Boom Independence Day celebration for July 4. To celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary, the morning will begin with the Independence Parade up S.